Country remembers Ambedkar, PM Modi says his concepts inspiration for presidency

By PTI

NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW/MUMBAI: Hailing B R Ambedkar’s contributions to the nation’s progress, leaders from throughout political events, together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday paid tributes to the important thing architect of India’s Constitution on his 131st start anniversary.

Prime Minister Modi stated Babasaheb Ambedkar’s concepts for the welfare of Dalits, the downtrodden and disadvantaged sections of society are an inspiration for his authorities.

Modi joined a number of dignitaries, together with President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, in Parliament to pay floral tributes to Ambedkar.

“Tributes to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar on his Jayanti. He has made indelible contributions to India’s progress. This is a day to reiterate our commitment to fulfil his dreams for our nation,” Modi stated in a tweet.

Born in a Dalit household in 1891, Ambedkar was a jurist and economist who performed an necessary function in India’s freedom motion.

The India’s first legislation minister championed the reason for the Dalit group which confronted deep-rooted discrimination.

Former Congress chief Gandhi stated Dr Ambedkar gave India its strongest pillar of energy, the Constitution. “On the occasion of his 131st birth anniversary, my tributes to Babasaheb Dr B R Ambedkar, who gave India its strongest pillar of strength — our sacred Constitution,” Gandhi stated in a tweet.

On its official Twitter deal with, the Congress stated Babasaheb Ambedkar stays a champion of equality, human rights and social justice.

After paying tributes to B R Ambedkar, Vice President Naidu stated he was the voice of the socially oppressed and devoted his life to the uplift of the marginalised sections of society.

“My humble tributes to the architect of the Indian Constitution, Dr BR Ambedkar on his birth anniversary today. Babasaheb was a multi-faceted genius – a legal luminary, visionary statesman, outstanding constitutional expert, brilliant parliamentarian & social reformer,” the Vice President Secretariat tweeted, quoting Naidu.

At Ambedkar’s birthplace in Mhow in Madhya Pradesh, numerous folks paid tributes to him, the place Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan introduced to incorporate the city as a vacation spot within the checklist of the ‘Teerth Darshan Yojna’.

The Madhya Pradesh authorities has been operating the Teerth Darshan scheme for some years to allow folks and senior residents to go on a pilgrimage freed from price at the very least as soon as of their lifetime.

Ambedkar’s followers from numerous components of the nation, particularly Maharashtra’s Vidharba area, arrived in Mhow to pay their respects to him at his birthplace in Kali Paltan space of the city, the place a grand memorial of Ambedkar has been constructed.

Mhow has been renamed as Dr Ambedkar Nagar in his reminiscence.

In Lucknow, Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati used the event to lash out at her rivals, saying that Dalits who grow to be MPs and MLAs by way of “casteist parties” such because the BJP and the Congress will solely serve their pursuits somewhat than these of the group.

If these leaders attempt to do one thing for his or her group, they’re faraway from the social gathering and the federal government, Mayawati stated at a programme on the social gathering workplace on the event of the Ambedkar Jayanti.

“It has always been clear in the country’s politics that even if casteist parties, especially the Congress and the BJP, make a Dalit MP, MLA, minister, deputy chief minister or even the president, that Dalit person can only ensure his progress and that of his family but cannot do anything for the progress of the neglected community,” a BSP assertion quoted Mayawati as saying.

Taking a dig on the numerous programmes organised by completely different political events to pay tributes to Ambedkar, Mayawati stated these events, who’ve at all times uncared for the beliefs and struggles of Ambedkar, are competing to pay tributes to him out of “pure political selfishness”.

In Mumbai, NCP chief Sharad Pawar stated at a time when neighbouring Sri Lanka and Pakistan are going through instability, India continues to stay secure and united as a result of Constitution given by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar.

Pawar made the remarks at an occasion organised right here to mark the start anniversary of Ambedkar. Pawar stated Ambedkar’s contribution in direction of the nation is “indisputable” and the latter did the job of giving stability to India from a political viewpoint.

“In neighbouring Sri Lanka, the situation is such that its democracy may glide into crisis. What is the situation in another neighbouring country of ours, Pakistan? There is no stability in our neighbouring countries. It gets disturbed many times,” the previous Union minister famous.

Meanwhile, the BJP accused the Congress of belittling B R Ambedkar and limiting his id to only a Dalit chief.

The Narendra Modi-led authorities recognised Ambedkar’s function in shaping fashionable India, and restored to him the credit score of being a founding father of the unbiased nation, it stated.

The ruling BJP stated the architect of the Constitution was given the nation’s highest honour Bharat Ratna by a authorities which had assist of the BJP in 1989.

Addressing a press convention in New Delhi as a part of the ‘Samajik Nyay Pakhwada’, BJP common secretary Dushyant Gautam and Union Minister Virendra Kumar cited numerous initiatives taken by Modi authorities acknowledging the contribution of Ambedkar.

Meanwhile, in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida, a statue of B R Ambedkar was discovered disfigured on Thursday, prompting police to launch a probe into the matter.

The disfigured statue is situated in Chhijarsi village beneath the Sector 63 police station limits and the incident was reported by locals within the morning, officers stated.

A police spokesperson stated a brand new statue is being put in to interchange the disfigured one with the assistance of residents.

“Police force has been deployed in the area and the matter is being investigated. All angles are being probed and action will be taken accordingly,” the spokesperson stated.